Comic books August 1948

Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, recovering alcoholic Jungle Bill claims the Lorimers' daughter was eaten by a strange monster in the jungle. No one believes him except Nyoka, who knows he's really on the wagon. But what are these mysterious monsters? The Weird Monsters, Part I: Jungle Disappearance; Nyoka's Jungle Quiz; Zuzu the ZooKeeper; Egbert the Explorer; Trader Tom; Lion-Hearted Leo, the Animal Trainer: Man's Best Friend Is His Mummy; Part II: The Hidden Canyon; Net-tles Us!; Deadman's Gold; Part III: Doomed! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Walt Kelly and others. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a story by Kelly continued from previous issues, the gang learns that Mr. Saturn plans to turn the local Jacares tribe against Happy Slade so Saturn can find the treasure. Two one-pagers featuring Happy Hound, better known these days as Droopy. A canary is added to the household, but Jerry and Tuffy find he's as much of a nuisance as Tom. Happy; Tom and Jerry; Adventures of Tom; Adventures of Jerry; Flip 'n' Dip; Barney Bear and Benny Burro; Our Gang; Wuff the Prairie Dog. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Al Camy, Bob Butts, Louis Dresser, Louis Schroeder, Bob Jenney, Harry Anderson, Richard Case and Bernard Sachs. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Sonny Sloan faces a life of looking over his shoulder, after he informs on his cronies to get out of Sing Sing. After an accident costs him some fingers, Eddie turns to crime, but his constant kid gloves are a dead giveaway. At 15, Bummy gets an early start on his life of crime in New York's Hell's Kitchen. Stool Pigeon; The Murders on the Rue Brevet; Killer Dillers; The Kid Glove Killer; Death to the Blackmailer; The Guilty Conscience; Diamond Lil of Otsego; The Swimming Pool Murder; Tough Guy; The Boy Who Outsmarted Himself. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

August 1948. Digest-sized humor magazine, one cartoon per page. 5.5" x 7.5". Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $1,699.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover and interior staining, small lateral spine tears, staple rust/migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Cover art by Matt Baker. Wine, Women, and Sudden Death starring Phantom Lady, art by Matt Baker. Case of the Murderous Model starring Phantom Lady, script by Gregory Page, art by Matt Baker. Peter Treadway, Cleveland's Brutal Killer. The Crime Goddess text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $17.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Gargantua, the Phi Beta Gorilla starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. The Haunted House starring Honeybun, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Specks story, script and art by Michael Senich. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. Boomerang text story starring Plastic Man. Boo-Hoo, the Clown Who Wasn't Funny starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.60 Interior is complete. Extensive accumulation of defects. Water saturation and mold.

Stories and art by Vic Herman, Jan Levine, Elizabeth Eicher, Ellin Jaynes, Helen Diehl Olds, Grace Wolleson, Mickey Klar Marks, Florence Tonjes, Nancy Williams, Elise Gibbs, and Marie Cummings. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. A detailed feature on the Girl Scouts; Tizzie's walk home becomes a chaotic comedy of errors; The Pigtail Club faces the end of summer and closing down their summer camp. The Pigtail Club; Girl Scouts All; Speck, Star Camper; Copy-cat Cottons; Tizzie: Nothing Happened, Mom!; Time to Waist; The Week End Pest; Meet Miss Mermaid; Hobbies; Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?; Too Many Boys; Cool as a Mint Leaf; Summer Pests; Riddle of Rose Hill; Pigtailers Talk Things Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club Round-up; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

August 1948. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Featured articles in this issue include Rebuilding the Silent Service, Fishing for Shark, Confusion in the Cockpit and lots more. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in. 328 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Dusty Ballew in "The Galloping Ghost of the Wild West" (script by I. Werstein, art by Al Carreno) and "Gumption Jones." The Lazo Kid in "Fighting for Home!" Rocky Dawn and Windy Smith in "The Noose Hangs High!" Also in this issue: "Bullets From th' Rim Rock." Carreno cover. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 40, No. 2 - March 1948. 8 1/2" x 11 1/8", 172 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.50 View scan 1" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.

Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Morris Gollub, Mary Greenwalt, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Frank Jupo and Dan Noonan. Johnny Gruelle's famous doll characters have adventures and learn lessons, featuring early art from Walt Kelly. Legendary Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including Pease, Porridge and The Circus. After the Loonies tear the Calico Dragon to pieces, Raggedy Ann and Andy ask if the gnomes can stitch him together again – after all, they are patchwork toys. A retelling of a classic Laplander folk tale, The Red Hot Star. Plus activity pages and "nonesuch" animals. The Kitten Stand; Raggedy Ann; Egbert Elephant; What Makes a Bullfrog Croak?; The Red Hot Star; The Raggedy Way; Animal Mother Goose; None-Such Animals: The Prandle; Billy and Bonny Bee. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $249.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4091493009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $50.00 or Best Offer View scan Restored (see item notes) Interior is complete. RESTORATION. Piece-fill, tear seals. Pages cut out and glued to interior. Full spine split. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreira, Frank Doyle, Enrico Bagnoli, and George Evans. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair takes action when The Grizzly Gang targets both the Dakota tribe and the nearby trading post; The debut of Jan of the Jungle, a Mowgli-like wild boy living in the Indian jungle; Tiger Man tries to free a family from an ancient wolf-curse and risks becoming part of the menu. Another action-packed Firehair cover by Bob Lubbers. Firehair; I Confess; Western Daredevil; Glory Forbes; Jan of the Jungle; Sky Rangers; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

August 1948 issue featuring an article titled "The Comics... Very Funny" by Fredric Wertham. "Do you think that books which stress murder, mayhem and blood-and-thunder are good fare for youngsters?" Article includes an inset that mentions three U.S. cities acting to ban the sale of comic books deemed harmful to youth. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $9.80 Water damage. Mold. Cover oxidation. Staple rust.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Leonard Starr and Art Helfant. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #30. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #6 in indicia. A magician's hoax backfires fatally. Kidnappers overlook a single detail that proves their undoing. Escaped convicts outrun their luck when they try to help other cons escape. The Man Who Buried Himself; The Snatchers; Cash Box Cassie; You Can't Cheat An Honest Man The True Story of Jack Laurentian; The Boy Detective; Hot Wire; Fetlock Groans the Detective; Rub-Out Ranch. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. Red Rabbit investigates after modern-day stagecoach robbers steal a fortune from a cargo plane in mid-flight. Officer Mutt (himself an anthropomorphic dog) discovers that the dog-catcher (a bulldog) is catching dogs whether they are strays or pets. King Leo the Lion mistakes the plumber for a visiting head of state, and acts accordingly. Red Rabbit; Officer Mutt; King Leo the Lion; Cubby Scouts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted, the Kiyotee Kids, and Panamint Patty. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver Trouble Shooter." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11, Issue 1 - August, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ernie Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernie Schroeder, Richard Case, W. B. Smith, Ken Battefield, Al Camy, Harry Anderson and Henry Kiefer. Lawmen battle outlaws to tame the Wild West in horse-opera tales from DS Publishing. Texas Ranger Jim Blaze takes down an outlaw gang, but he's not prepared for the youngster named Scout that he finds riding with them. Outlaw Black Jack wants revenge on a Texas Ranger by roughing up his gal Patsy, but it turns out she's as tough as he is, in an early action-girl story. In another offbeat action-girl tale, Gwen risks all the hazards of the Wild West to get a new dress in time for her date. Jim Blaze Meets the Kid; Killers' Doom; Bob Hudson Meets a Tough Hombre!; The Big Boss!; Spur Wheel of Fortune; Behind the 8 Ball; Dangerous Dress; The Mystery of the Hunting Lodge; Once a Killer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.